Andrei Shishkov

Background

About Andrei Shishkov

I am a specialist in contemporary ecclesiology and political theology. My research interests include the contemporary Orthodox church, Orthodox political and public theology, church-state relations in post-Soviet countries, ecumenical relations, philosophy of religion, etc. I am an expert in the contemporary Russian Orthodox Church and its relations with the Russian state. I am an author of the analytical concepts of “conservative ecumenism” and “dark theology“. In 2011-2012 I was coordinator of the project “Postgraduate Intensive Courses on Modern Science for Orthodox Theology Professors of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus” and in 2013-2014 – co-leader of the project “The Development of a New Methodology for Dialogue and Cooperation between Science and Religion in Russia,” both supported by John Templeton Foundation. In 2017-2020, I was an invited expert in the international academic project "Postsecular Conflicts"(Innsbruck University, Austria) and from 2019 – in the project “Eastern Orthodoxy and Human Rights” (Fordham University, USA). From 2021 I am a member of the international project “Orthodoxy as Solidarity” (University of Tartu, Estonia) supported by the Estonian Research Council. Since 2019 I am a member of the Ecclesiology Group steering committee of the International Orthodox Theological Association. From 2010 to 2020 worked at the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church (2015–2020 as a secretary of the Commission). I have experience in organizing and leading big church projects like “Catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church,“ and preparing official church documents. From 2013 to 2020 he was a research fellow and lecturer at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Post-Graduate Institute Studies and from 2018 to 2021 – in the Higher School of Economics (Moscow). Taught ecclesiology, introduction to political theory, and political theology.